Example sentences of "he switch [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only recorded royal tram ride in the first hundred years of Blackpool tramways occurred on 21 October 1937 , when HRH The Duke of Kent ( the present Duke 's father ) visited Blackpool to open Victoria Hospital , the lifeboat house and Princess Way , culminating in him switching on the Illuminations . |
| 2 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 3 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 4 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 5 | When he heard the bedroom door shut again he switched on the kettle . |
| 6 | He switched on the headlights as the car entered the M1 at Brent Cross . |
| 7 | And he switched on the set and went back to his desk , putting as much physical space as possible between himself and his employer . |
| 8 | Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes . |
| 9 | She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition . |
| 10 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
| 11 | He switched on the torch — and froze . |
| 12 | As he switched on the torchlight on the dashboard and began to study the Glory 's manual , Jack again thought of Tina 's angry reaction to the idea that the Ram and Shepherd names might be linked . |
| 13 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 14 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 15 | He switched on the recorder briefly to record any distant sounds which would add atmosphere to those of the approaching train and the distant whistle of the engine . |
| 16 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 17 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 18 | He switched on the radio , continued looking . |
| 19 | He switched on the engine and drove on . |
| 20 | As soon as Mauer knew their destination he switched on the siren and within minutes they had reached Landstrasse , drawing to a halt opposite the Landerbank . |
| 21 | He switched on the radio , found a music station and followed the first limousine out of the airport onto the Grand Central Parkway , heading towards Manhattan . |
| 22 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 23 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 24 | When he switched on the ignition , he saw that the tank was more than three-quarters full . |
| 25 | He switched on the radio . |
| 26 | He switched on the Zodiac 's headlights , for the shadows . |
| 27 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 28 | Jenny dozed off and he switched on the autopilot . |
| 29 | While he waited he switched on the television , flicked it on to CNN . |
| 30 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |